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Methods Of High-Fidelity, High-Efficiency Class-D Audio Amplification, Kaleb Kassaw
Methods Of High-Fidelity, High-Efficiency Class-D Audio Amplification, Kaleb Kassaw
Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
Gallium nitride-based field effect transistors (FETs) have opened a path for full-frequency-range class-D audio amplifiers with low distortion and noise, thanks to their ability to switch at much higher frequencies than that of the upper range of human hearing. Compared to traditional silicon-based transistors, GaN-based transistors offer superior efficiencies, particularly at power levels below their maxima. Paired with an analog-to-digital converter, digital signal processor, and pulse-code modulation to pulse-width modulation converter, these transistors are used to design and implement a solid-state amplifier capable of generating 100 watts of output through speakers with an impedance of 8 ohms using a 1-volt …